Materials on 28 August 2017 year

  • Poroshenko: Ukrainian reforms irreversible President Petro Poroshenko is convinced of the irreversibility of reforms in Ukraine. "Ukraine has stepped on the path of radical transformation and will not turn away from it!" Poroshenko…
  • DPR militants shell Mayorsk checkpoint On the evening of 27 August, pro-Russian militants shelled the Mayorsk crossing point on the line of contact in Donetsk Region, the State Border Service of Ukraine said the next day…
  • ATO HQ: no losses on 27 August Over the past day, the situation in the area of the antiterrorist operation (ATO) in Donbas has not changed significantly. The militants reduced the number of attacks on the positions…
  • Volker: Ukraine crisis to "cripple" Russia-USA relations US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker is convinced that relations between the USA and Russia are important but they will further deteriorate unless a solution to the crisis…
  • US energy secretary to visit Ukraine on 29 August On Tuesday, 29 August, US Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit Ukraine, the press service of the US Department of Energy reported on Monday, 28 August. "Energy Minister Rick Perry…
  • EIB to lend Ukraine 75m euros for road safety The European Investment Bank intends to provide Ukraine with a loan of 75m euros for road safety, the bank's press service said on Monday, 28 August. The funds are to be spent on…
  • Two LPR "MPs" killed in Luhansk Two "people's deputies" of the self-proclaimed separatist Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) were killed in Luhansk. LPR "prosecutor-general" Hryhoriy Tsevenko said that "two persons…
  • Minister: anthracite used in Ukraine is 100% imported Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk has said that a quarter of tcoal consumed in Ukraine has been imported. "All anthracite [used in Ukraine] is imported. At this, A-type…
  • Germany, France urge Russia, Ukraine to observe ceasefire German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged in a joint statement Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin to fully…